All news articles for October 2015

Food and drink in 2016 – in pictures

Top food and drink trends for 2016 – in pictures

By Laurence Gibbons

Mintel has unveiled 12 top trends it predicts will shape the food and drink industry over the next year. To find out what they are and how each of them will influence consumers and deliver key opportunities, enjoy our photogallery.

Müller's buyout of Dairy Crest's dairies operations has secured backing

Dairy Crest and Müller deal wins approval

By Laurence Gibbons

Dairy Crest’s £80M sale of its dairies operations to Müller has secured approval from the Competition and Markets Authority and been heralded from the environment secretary Liz Truss, today (October 19).

Rabobank has set out seven tips for the food industry to get smarter

Food industry’s seven steps to meet population challenge

By Laurence Gibbons

The food industry must focus on seven key objectives in order to boost production and increase availability and access to food “significantly” over the next decade to meet the demands of a growing global population, according to Rabobank.

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‘Damaged supply chain’ biggest loser in price war

By Michael Stones

The UK’s “damaged food supply chain” has proved the biggest casualty of supermarket price war, warns business recovery specialist Begbies Traynor, as it notes stability returning to the struggling UK grocery sector and their food and drink manufacturing...

Own-label manufacturing has brought many benefits for Genius

Genius feels benefits of own-label manufacturing

By Laurence Gibbons

Manufacturing own-label products alongside its branded free-from bakery items has helped Genius Foods build stronger relationships with retailers, according to the firm’s boss.

Top 12 trends will influence next year's food and drink industry: Mintel

Top 12 food and drink trends for 2016: Mintel

By Michael Stones

Alternatives everywhere is the first of 12 top trends that will dominate the food and drink industry next year, predicts market research specialist Mintel.

Nestlé's Maggi noodle recall dented regional profits

Nestlé results hit by Maggi noodles recall

By Michael Stones

Nestlé is counting the cost of its Maggi noodles recall, after admitting it had “a significant impact” on regional performance in third-quarter results posted today.

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Snacks investment, mega merger and recalls make headlines

By Michael Stones

Nim’s Fruit Crisps’ new £350,000 Kent factory investment and SABMiller’s agreement “in principle” to a takeover bid from rival Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev feature in our latest Good News, Bad news video roundup.

Mexican food firm opens doors

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Look inside manufacturing: Cool Chile Company

By Laurence Gibbons

Welcome to our exclusive inside look at Mexican food manufacturer Cool Chile Company’s London production site, as part of our new Me & My Factory photogallery series.

Tesco has revealed a £250M land sale

Tesco agrees £250M land sale

By Michael Stones

Tesco has agreed to the £250M sale of 14 land development sites across southern England, in a further sign that the supermarket race for space has come to an end.

Willgoss outlined M&S's campylobacter action plan

M&S boss tackles campylobacter

By Nicholas Robinson

Campylobacter has plagued poultry products in the UK for years, but Marks & Spencer’s director of food technology Paul Willgoss has a five-step plan to help tackle the bug, he tells Nicholas Robinson.

Listeria found in toffee apples could create a horror for consumers this Halloween

Listeria can infect toffee apples

By Laurence Gibbons

Toffee apples can become contaminated with the potentially deadly food poisoning bug Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), according to the latest research.

MexImport Group will source traditional food and drink from Mexico

Mexican business leaders create UK venture

By Alice Foster

Three Mexican business leaders have created a multi-million pound venture, MexImport Group, which will source traditional food and drink from their homeland.

SABMiller has said cheers 'in principle' to AB InBev's improved takeover bid

SABMiller and AB InBev agree takeover plan

By Michael Stones

The birth of a new global mega brewer moved a step closer today, as SABMiller revealed it had  accepted “in principle” a higher takeover bid from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, which valued the business at £44 a share.

Mexican food is proving a hot opportunity for Cool Chile Company

Me and My Factory

Mexican food market offers spicy opportunity

Over a third of UK families bought or tried Mexican food last year, so it’s little wonder the Cool Chile Company’s sales have doubled since 2011, its chief operating officer Kelly Peck tells Nicholas Robinson.

Tesco's brand guarantee replaces price matching vouchers

Tesco hots up supermarket war with price pledge

By Alice Foster

Tesco has opened a new front in the supermarket price war, by pledging to match branded prices at its tills, as analysts and Food Manufacture Group readers questioned the big four retailers’ focus on price matching. 

The Britain Stronger in Europe group was launched today

Keep UK in EU, argues new campaign group

By Michael Stones

Britain will be better off within the EU, a new cross-party campaign group launched today, led by the chairman of online grocery business Ocado and former chief executive of Marks & Spencer Stuart Rose will argue.  

Food manufacturers could recieve £3.75M funding for using satellite technology for food production

Space technology to boost food industry

By Laurence Gibbons

UK food manufacturers could benefit from £3.75M of funding to help develop innovative food production methods using satellite and space technology.

The catch of the day: Clearwater has acquired Macduff for £98.4M

Macduff Shellfish caught by Canadian firm for £98.4M

By Laurence Gibbons

Scottish fish processor Macduff Shellfish Group has been acquired by Canadian-based Clearwater Seafoods for £98.4M from the Beaton family and the private equity fund Change Capital Partners.

Nearly 20% of firms lack any recall strategy

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No recall plan risks losing food firms millions

By Michael Stones

Nearly 20% of food and drink businesses risk losing many millions of pounds by failing to put in place plans to cope with a product recall, warns new research from law firm Roythornes.

William (left) and Charles Eid are leading Signature Flatbreads' growth

Signature Flatbreads invests in new lines

By Rick Pendrous

Signature Flatbreads is well under way with the construction of a large expansion project which will see £10M invested in two new production lines and associated facilities to meet the expanding capacity needed for the rapidly growing company.

Supermarkets to blame for downfall

Big four retailers ‘dug their own grave’

By Laurence Gibbons

The big four supermarkets have “undoubtedly” dug their own grave and contributed to the “crisis” in the retail industry,  according to Clive Black of Shore Capital.

Insect food

Eating insects poses no special risks for humans

By Michael Stones

Edible insects pose no special risks to human health – when consumed directly or used as stock feed – according to a new risk assessment from the European food safety watchdog.

Food and drink new innovations

Food and drink innovations – in pictures

By Laurence Gibbons

Meatless meat products, 3D printed gummy sweets and milk chocolate reindeer droppings were just some of the innovations launched by food and drink manufacturers recently.

Lack of training provision could torpedo the bid to boost apprenticeships

Food and drink apprenticeship model is 'collapsing'

By Rick Pendrous

Prime minster David Cameron’s plans to raise the number of apprenticeships, including those in the food and drink sector, by 3M by 2020 could be torpedoed by a failure to properly finance the training provision required, according to the boss of food...

M&M Walshe picks up Stirchley Bacon

M&M Walshe picks up Stirchley Bacon

By Aidan Fortune

Irish bacon producer M&M Walshe Holdings has increased its UK presence with the acquisition of Worcestershire-based Stirchley Bacon.

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